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WorksheetsEvolution/Genetics Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Alfred Wegener is known for the Continental Drift Theory, what evidence was not used to help support his theory?
Evidence of fossils and rock layers
Shape of continents seem to fit together
Examination of soil
Sea-floor spreading...rock ages (younger near rift...older further away)
Ancient Climate
What type of boundary is it that scrapes/slides past each other, forming earthquakes and the crust is neither created nor destroyed?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
There are 3 main types of rocks, which type of rock do most fossils form in?
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Name the scientist who proposed the idea of the Continental Drift Theory.
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Jean Bapiste Lamarck
Which statement best explains what evolution means?
No change overtime, organisms just appear out of nowhere.
A belief that they existed millions of years ago made up of all current continents. All continents were stuck together
Change overtime; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
A process that organisms are most suited to their environments
Earthquakes tell scientist a lot about Earth's history, which statement explains what it tells?
Gives a clear picture of how tectonic plates are moving and an insight to the different layers of Earth.
Doesn't tell us much just that there are layers and possibly plates.
Give some details but only a few and that there are plates under the Earth's surface.
None of these statements make sense
Mid-ocean ridges are created from this type of boundary where new crust is created.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
None of these
There are many reason for organisms (both plant and animal) to go extinct, which factor is the most responsible?
Gene
Mutation
Selective Breeding
Environmental changes
Decrease in reproduction
A body part that does not seem to play a role in the body functions of an organism and the organism can survive without it. (Ex. wisdom teeth)
Variation
Adaptation
Vestigial Organ
Biodiversity
The Alps are forming as a result of the European and African plates pushing against each other. What is this an example of ?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
In the winter, the fur of an arctic fox is white. In the summer, the fur darkens to brown. What most likely causes the fur to change color?
Amount of sun
genes
habitat
age
The presence of differences of genes between individual organisms of a species which helps enable natural selection.
Genetic Variation
Environmental Variation
Neither answer choice
The wide variety of different types of organisms that live on Earth is called what?
Natural Selection
Biodiversity
Biology
Evolution
Which explanation best explains the idea of Pangaea?
Theory that states that the gradual shifting of Earth’s plates causes continents to change their global positions over time
Large supercontinent, believe to exist millions of years ago and be made up of all current continents
Theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core
None of these
A strawberry farmer finds that, after a hard freeze, some of his strawberries are still alive. Explain how this could happen, when most of them died.
None of these answers
They have different genetic variations that cause the to be less resistant cold temperature
They have the same genetic variations that cause them to be less resistant to cold temperatures
They have different genetic variations that cause them to be more resistant to cold temperatures
This boundary destroys the crust by plates colliding into each other, forming volcanoes, mountains, faults, and ocean trenches.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Neither of these options
Scientists think that dolphins and whales may have evolved from a common ancestor. What type of evidence supports this hypothesis
They are both fish
They have similar structures or anatomies
They look alike
None of these options
Which would indicate that a series of fossils represent the evolution of the horse?
All of the fossils were found in the same layers of rocks as horse fossils.
All of the fossils are completely identical to horse bones.
All of the fossils show similar structures to that of modern horse.
All of the fossils were located in the same place on Earth as horses.
How do scientists know that some mountains were once at the bottom of the ocean?
Marine fossils have been found on the peaks of some mountains.
Oceans evolved from mountains
The mountains once had a more rainy climate
Who developed the Theory of Natural Selection?
Lamarck
Linnaeus
Darwin
Einstein
Rigid portions of Earth's crust that move in relation to one another.
Continental Drift Theory
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Neither answer
Genetic traits are passed down. Ex. Mutation may cause a fish tail to curve.
Mutation
Variation
Evolution
True or False. Environmental variation is when there is a change of what an organism looks like of particular genes as response to the environment.
True
False
Name the first person to base a system of classification on organisms having similar structures.
Darwin
Aristotle
Einstein
Linnaeus
Scientist found an organism that has similar features of a modern-day crab . What would help scientists prove that the two organisms are related?
Compare the structures of the fossil to a modern-day crab.
Map the location where the crab fossil was against where a crab today is found
Record how the plate tectonics have moved since the fossil was created
Study the composition of the rock in which the fossil was discoverd.
What is the best way scientists classify organisms?
gender
size
structure
color
What would cause an increase in genetic variation in a population of organisms?
decrease in mutations
increase in diseases
decrease in diseases
increase in mutations
Rock layers, fossils, and ice cores are evidence that show how Earth has done what?
Evolved
Stayed the same
What is the best evidence for evolution?
New rock layers with fossils of simple organisms
Old rock layers with fossils unlike existing organisms
Old rock layers with fossils of complex organisms
New rock layers with fossils unlike existing organisms
How are organisms classified as Eukarya different form organisms classified as Archaea and Bacteria.
They are multicellular
They all reproduce sexually
They all produce their own food
They all have a membrane-bound nucleus.
What would cause a mass extinct?
Organisms having plenty of food
Organisms not being able to adapt to a changing environment
Organisms adapting to a changing environment
Organism have plenty space.
The scientific name for a human is Homo Sapien. What two levels of classification does this name represent?
kingdom and phylum
genus and species
family and order
phylum and domain
Process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully;
natural selection
evolution
adaptation
variation
Evolve from the same ancestors, similar structures, but their functions are different.
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Evolve from different ancestors, different structures, but same function.
Homologous structures
Analogous Structures
